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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1A7S_us-army-m-41-walker-bulldog-light-tank_Claremore-OK.html
Entered service in 1953.76mm main gun. Weight 23.5 tons.Max speed 45mph. Crew of four.Named for General Walton Walker,who was killed in Korea in 1950.Loaned to Davis Museum by US Army in 1988.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1A6Z_will-rogers_Claremore-OK.html
Main Street of America
Will Rogers launched a journey into international fame, historic greatness and galloping humor along this frontier cattle trail that grew into Route 66 of motorized America.
Born on a ranch in 1879 twelve miles NW of h…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1A6Y_1928-route-66-footrace_Claremore-OK.html
Andrew Hartley Payne, a 1927 graduate of Foyil, won the 1928 transcontinental footrace, LA-NYC, a 3423.5 mi. world record in 573 hr 4 min & 34 sec. Andy "Greatest Long Distance Runner in History of Competitive Running" won in the 880 & mile (4:45)…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14PM_george-washington_Claremore-OK.html
"...knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness, in one in which the measures of government receive their impression so immediately from the sense of the community as is ours it is proportionably essential..."First Annual Ad…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14PL_oklahoma-military-academy-killed-in-action-memorial_Claremore-OK.html
In lasting memory of all OMA cadets who gave their lives while serving with distinction and honor in the Armed Forces of the United States, as well as the Allied Forces of Canada and the United Kingdom. Their lives exemplify, to the fullest extent…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14PK_oklahoma-military-academy-war-memorial_Claremore-OK.html
In memory and honor of those members of the Oklahoma Military Academy Corp[s] of Cadets who gave their lives and those missing in action that our nation might be free.
May this monument forever remind us that these men gave their all during Wor…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZ3L_andrew-hartley-payne_Claremore-OK.html
Andrew Hartley Payne (1907 - 1977) won the 1928 Great Transcontinental Footrace, began in Los Angeles 3/4/28, ended 3,422.3 miles later in NYC 5/26/28.
Andy, of Cherokee ancestry, graduated from Foyil High School, served 36 years as Clerk of Ok…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMS5E_will-rogers-memorial_Claremore-OK.html
Built by the People ofthe State of Oklahomain Tribute to Will RogersNative Son and World CitizenDedicated on November 4, 1938the anniversary of his birth
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMS5D_will-rogers_Claremore-OK.html
"Live your life, so that whenever you lose you are ahead."Will Rogers
We honor the memory of Oklahoma's beloved native son. A modest, unspoiled child of the Plains, cowboy, actor, humorist and world traveler whose homely philosophy and superior…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMS5C_howdy-folks_Claremore-OK.html
Well, here goes some scribblin' that's a little past due,But I reckon I'm always a-thinkin' 'bout you.
I've been readin' the papers in my own little way,And I see where you messed up my last birthday.
Through divine television I caught the d…